I’ve read so much from this author that I’ve become somewhat unimpressed. The beginning offered me what I was expecting: a brooding hero, a lost heroine, their bumpy reconnection. But then this book took me by surprise.
First of all, the MC part–though not a lot developped–is kind of new, at least for me. The author mostly writes billionaires and mafia kingpins, so a lowly biker isn’t her usual. We get a bit of how the MC works, because it’s important for the plot, but we don’t see a lot of it.
Then the romance part was unexpected. Not the second chance, with Cillian just out of jail winning back his teenage sweetheart, Kat. Not Kat’s reluctance at first, before she admits she wants the same. Not the way they struggle with what happened during their years apart. What I wasn’t prepared for was the menage romance! Don’t get me wrong, I loved it. It brings the sexy, and it mostly makes sense with the characters’ arc. It would have worked even better if we had more time with the characters, to see more of the separate relationships–Kat and Cill, Kate and Reed, Reed and Cill.
The rest works well. The author writes incredible dialogue scenes, where the characters do things while having a conversation, which gives a little energy to usually static scenes. The dreadful secrets are slowly revealed just when they can have the most impact. There’s not a lot of action but there is some, to create some faster paced moments in between slower introspective scenes.
In conclusion, I found all the best from this author, but it felt too short and too rushed. Cillian, Kat and Reed deserved to have their story told in a longer book. Still a good sexy suspensful read.
Quickie
- Series: standalone (but part of the multi-authors Underworld Kings series, and linked to the Merciless world)
- Hashtags: #MC romance #mafia romance #second chance #love triangle #MFM
- Triggers: violence and death, slight BDSM
- Main couple: Kat & Cillian (& Reed)
- Hotness: 5/5
- Romance: 3/5
- + that was HOT!
- – maybe a bit too short to give enough depth to the story